Tra Bo Dau

Written for Polly

Premiered in Recital Room, Victoria Rooms, Bristol.
Soprano: Polly Johnson
Pianist: D. Bednall

Tra Bo Dau - Welsh Traditional - Polly Johnson - James Prideaux

How we used to test the studio in Gorseinon College... please do not judge!!

The Scats - Beautiful Day

Four McKay Songs - James Prideaux

A setting of four Claude McKay poems by James Prideaux:
i) A Red Flower
ii) Polarity
iii) Absence
iv) Romance

Premiered by Polly Johnson (Mezzo Soprano)and James Sanderson (Piano) in York Unitarian Chapel, May 2015.

Four McKay Songs - Absence

Four McKay Songs - A Red Flower

Four McKay Songs - Polarity

Four McKay Songs - Romance

Four McKay Songs - James Prideaux - Full Cycle

Performed at CMV Concert in Victoria Rooms, Bristol. George Naylor (Baritone) and James Prideaux (Piano)

Words by William Wordsworth

When George Naylor requested me to compose a short piece for Baritone solo I immediately knew the text I wanted to set and in what style. 'A Night Thought' is a reflection on the beauty and the calm of the night and the moon. It is a beautiful text and evokes such wonderful imagery. George and I have long been admirers of the works of Ralph Vaughan-Williams and other English composers of the late 19th and early 20th century and it was fitting to write a piece of that style for George.


Video of the performance:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRHOktf_qtI&list=PLC0EF3B53832867D9&in...

A Night Thought - James Prideaux

' Hiraeth - the link with the long forgotten past,
the language of the soul, the call from the inner self.
Half forgotten - fraction remembered.
It speaks from the rocks, from the earth, from the trees and in the waves.
It's always there.'
- Val Bethell (excerpt from Hiraeth)

The Welsh word Hiraeth has no literal equivalent in English, but is generally translated to mean longing, a feeling of nostalgia or yearning for something past.

Performed by Sinfonia Newydd Chamber Orchestra in Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Hiraeth for Chamber Orchestra - James Prideaux

Romance for Cello and Piano

Written for Steffan

Premiered on 24th May 2013 in Penuel Chapel, Loughor, Swansea.
Cellist: Steffan Morris
Pianist: James Prideaux

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Romance for Cello and Piano - James Prideaux - Steffan Morris (Cellist)

Originally from Loughor in Swansea, James is currently teaching Music at Cheam High School, Surrey. James began composing and performing from an early age and majored in composition during his undergraduate studies and completed his MA in Composition at the University of Bristol; both under the guidance of John Pickard.
 
In 2011, James won the prestigious BUMS Chamber Choir Composition Competition with his setting of Jubilate Deo, later having it performed both in St. George's, Bristol and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin alongside The Creation, another of his choral works. 
 
James has received a number of commissions, including a commission for international Cellist, Steffan Morris. Other notable performances of James' work include Hiraeth by Cardiff-based Sinfona Newydd during their annual Music festival at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and a collection of scenes for an original ballet, 'Symba', which features music composed by James as well as a number of his colleagues from his time in Bristol University. In 2013, James was made resident composer of Gorseinon Youth Choir.

A full biography can be found on my website.

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